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A common trend among the cultures of the world currently is fearing a breakdown of human society, whereby beneficial value systems and structures would crumble and give way to anarchy of some form – most likely existential, since Western democracy has proved rather potent and influential to the extent that it will always be inContinue reading “Ah-ah-adieu au langage – as we knew it”

Excerpt from Amygdalamania. Gone too far? Already? And so critically against the will and knowledge of the wider populace, too…?! #TheBuzzConceptProject is a trustworthy, reliable source of political commentary – as well as linguistic, and so much more. But my political commentary is perhaps my favourite thing, for the unique level of pertinence *we* haveContinue reading “2 far already?”

Marco Polo describes a bridge, stone by stone.‘But which is the stone that supports the bridge?’ Kublai Khan asks.‘The bridge is not supported by one stone or another,’ Marco answers, ‘but by the line of the arch that they form.’Kublai Khan remains silent, reflecting. Then he adds: ‘Why do you speak to me of theContinue reading ““Why do you speak to me of the stones?””

Bèiṅvgnû = Welcome! Emiliaṅ = Emilian Emilia / Emeja = Emilia Laingua Emijana = Emilian Language Buloagna (Bulåggna in local orthography) = Bologna oṅ (m.), ona (f.) = one dû (m.), dou (f.) = two trî, trèj = three quâtar = four seinch = five sē, siē = six sêt = seven ôt = eightContinue reading “From starts to ends: the Emilian language”

You may well have seen my previous post The regularity of Spanish orthography. You may well have been intrigued to know more, to know about durther details of the ultra-phonetic Spanish writing system. This is my guide to Spanish orthography (I was the best Spanish student in my high school). In relative terms, the orthographyContinue reading “A guide to the orthography of the Spanish language”

A strike. An infinite strike. Of squiggles. Polish Words by Tamsin: Wszyscy ludzie rodzą się wolni i równi w swojej godności i prawach. Są obdarzeni rozumem i sumieniem i powinni postępować wobec siebie w duchu braterstwa. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscienceContinue reading “Władysław Strzemiński: artist for Slavs”

White Russian, anyone?

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret treaty signed in 1916 between the United Kingdom and France, defining their mutually agreed realms of influence and control in the Middle East in an eventual partition of the Ottoman Empire, on the premise that the Ottoman Turks would be defeated during World War I. It entailed the divisionContinue reading “A tale of two Levantine nationalities”

The Chipewyan (/tʃɪpəˈwaɪən/ chip-ə-WHY-ən) are an Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian people of northern Canada. They are also called Denesuline or Denésoliné or Dënesųłı̨né or Dënë Sųłınë́, meaning “the original/real people”. They are a Dene people (Dene is the common Athabaskan word for “people”), alongside the Tlicho (Tłı̨chǫ / Dogrib), speaking a Northern Athabaskan language ofContinue reading “Chipewyan snapshots”